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====== First Use ======

Once OpenCPN is installed and you start the program for the first time this message greets you. Please remember what you agree to when clicking OK.  

This is not a text on general navigation. We assume that you are familiar with nautical navigation. Reading this text and using OpenCPN will not in itself make you a "navigator".
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Next OpenCPN prompts you to install charts.\\
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And sends you to "Options" to do so. Click on the Charts tab, to install charts. Read all about installing charts in //[[:opencpn:manual_basic:get_started:chart_install|Manual Chart Installation]]// However the easiest way to install charts is using **Chartdownloader** explained in detail later.  If you're not quite ready to install yet just click "**OK**" in the Options dialog.\\
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The [[opencpn:manual_advanced:background_map|Worldwide GSSH Background Map]] will greet you.\\
From here explore the different features in OpenCPN by clicking around, or read on…\\
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==== Congratulations, you've installed OpenCPN! ====

=== Important next step ===

  * [[:opencpn:manual_basic:get_started:support_files|Support Files]]



